The Cleveland Steamers? Really? I am almost speechless. Almost. And oh, the days of Xanadu, the first HBO movie I remember watching. That Gibbs fellow's tight pants, man, the Saturday afternoons I spent at the roller rink hoping he would come in and sweep me off my feet!

When I found out my grandmother had been a roller derby girl, it completely changed my idea about her. Round, white-haired Beulah with the Jewish nose and the loud laugh and the polyester shirts? But then I figured out that her team probably didn't wear the hot pants and ripped fishnets I'd seen pictures of on some modern teams, and it made a little more sense. Still: tough lady!

Roller Derby is slowly making a comeback...there are teams all over the South and Southwest..the only problem is that they all look 2nd class, kind of like the short-lived XFL and the NFL. But its still fun.